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Likud demands recount after final results published

Likud demands recount after final results published

Netanyahu’s bloc stays at 58 seats.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party demanded a recount of Monday’s election and to check every polling station’s… Read More ›

Politics in a time of pandemic

Politics in a time of pandemic

Opinion: Only by trusting one another and the mechanisms of the state can we protect ourselves and our children from coronavirus; the country’s leaders should… Read More ›

Maccabi Tel Aviv plays in front of fans after Spain trip, violating virus rules

Maccabi Tel Aviv plays in front of fans after Spain trip, violating virus rules

Basketball team takes to court with hundreds watching; claims Health Ministry didn’t say couldn’t play after returning 10 days ago from Spain which is under… Read More ›

Up to 80,000 Israelis Currently Quarantined Over Possible Coronavirus Exposure

Up to 80,000 Israelis Currently Quarantined Over Possible Coronavirus Exposure

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Between 50,000 and 80,000 Israelis are currently in home quarantine due to potential exposure to the coronavirus as the country tries… Read More ›

The White House balks at recession fears as coronavirus outbreak hits US economy

The White House balks at recession fears as coronavirus outbreak hits US economy

  The coronavirus outbreak has threatened to upend the longest US expansion in history. But President Donald Trump has so far steered clear of stimulus… Read More ›

Liberman gives majority to anti-Netanyahu bill

Liberman gives majority to anti-Netanyahu bill

The Yisrael Beytenu leader’s endorsement gave the bill a majority, now with the support of all 62 MKs who are not in Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc.… Read More ›

PA on lockdown as coronavirus suspected in Bethlehem-area

PA on lockdown as coronavirus suspected in Bethlehem-area

Palestinian Health Ministry bans visitors from entering its West Bank territories, shutters all schools, mosques and churches in Jesus’ traditional birthplace after virus discovered at… Read More ›

Polls apart: Likud boosted turnout where it needed to, as Blue and White stalled

Polls apart: Likud boosted turnout where it needed to, as Blue and White stalled

Results highlight geographical polarization, with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to PM’s party and others opting, albeit underwhelmingly, for its centrist… Read More ›

FDA Bans Shock Device Used On Mentally Disabled Patients

FDA Bans Shock Device Used On Mentally Disabled Patients

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities. The announcement… Read More ›

10 lessons from Asia on how to live with a coronavirus outbreak

10 lessons from Asia on how to live with a coronavirus outbreak

Since the novel coronavirus outbreak began in China last December, it has spread across the world and now threatens to become a global pandemic. The… Read More ›

Coronavirus spreads across Israel: Patients 13, 14, 15 diagnosed

Coronavirus spreads across Israel: Patients 13, 14, 15 diagnosed

The new patients include a high school student, a principal and a young man who recently returned from Italy.   Israelis who had been in… Read More ›

With 99% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc slumps to 58 seats

With 99% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc slumps to 58 seats

The bloc is 3 seats short of gaining 120 Knesset majority needed to form coalition government; Blue & White appears to have gained a seat… Read More ›

Analysis: Likud has beaten Blue and White, but Netanyahu’s options hinge on final count

Analysis: Likud has beaten Blue and White, but Netanyahu’s options hinge on final count

In Israel’s multi-party system, there’s a world of difference between the prime minister winning the backing of 61, 60 or 59 of the Knesset’s 120… Read More ›

BREAKING: Pesach Program Cancelations Over Coronavirus

BREAKING: Pesach Program Cancelations Over Coronavirus

  NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long… Read More ›

Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump’s strategy has ‘failed miserably’

Iran has stockpiled enough uranium to produce a nuclear weapon in the latest sign Trump’s strategy has ‘failed miserably’

  Iran appears to have stockpiled enough uranium for a nuclear weapon, which is a major sign President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure campaign is failing.… Read More ›

Time to go from promises to compromises – analysis

Time to go from promises to compromises – analysis

Strangely enough, the problem in Israel over the past year has not been that politicians have lied. It has been that they have been telling… Read More ›

Exit polls: 59 seats to Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc

Exit polls: 59 seats to Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc

Highest turnout in 21 years appears to have worked in Netanyahu’s favor as he claims right to form government; all three exit polls predict Gantz’s… Read More ›

Gantz tells faithful to wait for final results after exit polls show Likud gains

Gantz tells faithful to wait for final results after exit polls show Likud gains

Blue and White leader says final figures could be like last April’s, when Netanyahu could not form coalition, vows he’ll ‘continue to fight’   Blue… Read More ›

STUNNING DEVELOPMENT: Rabbi Aharon Feldman Retracts His Opposition To Voting In WZO Elections

STUNNING DEVELOPMENT: Rabbi Aharon Feldman Retracts His Opposition To Voting In WZO Elections

  BALTIMORE — There has been a major development in the ongoing saga of the WZO election debate. VINnews can confirm that little to no… Read More ›

Travelers will face new restrictions and cancellations as coronavirus cases grow in the US

Travelers will face new restrictions and cancellations as coronavirus cases grow in the US

Travelers entering the United States will face new protocols as cases of novel coronavirus grow around the world. The US is expanding travel restrictions from… Read More ›